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Researchers find that the global carbon pool in seagrass beds is as much as 19.9B metric tons

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The Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site is one of 26 such NSF LTER sites around the world in ecosystems from forests to tundra, coral reefs to barrier islands. Seagrass meadows, the researchers found, store 90% of their carbon in the soil, and continue to build on it for centuries. At least 1.5%

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Researchers Predict Permafrost Thaw Will Intensify Climate Change More Quickly Than Previously Thought; Melting of Greenland Icesheet Could Drive More Water Than Previously Thought to North American Northeast

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Ted Schuur, University of Florida and lead author of the study. The research builds on recent reports that have found that sea level rise associated with global warming could adversely affect North America, and its findings suggest that the situation is more threatening than previously believed. Permafrost.